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Jill threatens Valene with a gun, forcing her to swallow sleeping pills.
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Title: The Perfect Crime (12 May 1988)
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| William Devane | ... | Gregory Sumner (credit only) | |
| Kevin Dobson | ... | M. 'Mack' Patrick MacKenzie | |
| Michele Lee | ... | Karen MacKenzie | |
| Donna Mills | ... | Abby Ewing | |
| Ted Shackelford | ... | Gary Ewing | |
| Joan Van Ark | ... | Valene Gibson | |
| Teri Austin | ... | Jill Bennett | |
| Lynne Moody | ... | Patricia Williams | |
| Peter Reckell | ... | Johnny Rourke | |
| Larry Riley | ... | Frank Williams | |
| Nicollette Sheridan | ... | Paige Matheson | |
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Pat Petersen | ... | Michael Fairgate |
| Dick O'Neill | ... | Tom Daugherty | |
| David Hayward | ... | David | |
| Bernard White | ... | Chava Rivas (as Bernie White) | |
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Jill puts on gloves and pistol whips Val in her bedroom. She tells Val that she is there to ensure Val kills herself. Val learns that Jill faked the letters and calls from Ben and that her motive for suicide is learning Ben was not coming back home. Jill forces Val to swallow a bottle of sleeping pills. Jill's plan is threatened when Frank and Julie ring Val's doorbell. Then, hiding from view, she forces Val to send Frank and Julie away. Frank later tells Pat that Val acted as if she had a gun to her head. Jill poses an unconscious Val on her bed, checks her pulse, then leaves, satisfied that she's achieved her purpose. She places a note on Mack and Karen's door to check on the twins in the morning, but the wind blows it away. Due to all flights to San Francisco being grounded, Jill has to drive back. In San Francisco, Jill pretends that she and the efficiency expert slept together the previous night. In Santa Tecla, Chava exposes Johnny as Manny's henchman, responsible for getting ... Written by GusF
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12 May 1988 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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